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NASCAR Proposed As Next LISD Sport

Last year, the school board’s controversial decision to make soccer (see story here) an official Armadillo sport created a ripple effect throughout the entire LISD athletic program. But that disturbance will pale in comparison if the proposal made at last week’s LISD board meeting is approved.

Junior Elliot, representing a vocal and boisterous group in attendance at the assembly, spoke directly and passionately about what he believed to be blatant favoritism toward sports involving balls. “I can handle volleyball,” said Elliot, “or even tennis. Last year though, you approved that European sport of fairies and I, we, just won’t stand for it. That’s why we have a signed petition here tonight that requests the addition of NASCAR racin’ to the Armadillo athletic program – for boys and girls, of course. I’ll put my girl’s mechanical skills against any mechanic in town. She’s a helluva a driver too. And she’s only 11.”

Elliot clarified that by NASCAR racing, he meant circle track racing, whether on asphalt or dirt tracks. He also proposed several sites in town, including the junior high school teacher’s parking lot, that could accommodate a quarter or half mile banked circuit. In addition, Elliot’s group had highly structured training plans for interested students and parents. These preparations had students racing as early as the second grade, and involved racing 125 cc, 2-stroke go-karts.